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2
Dec2016

Research Ethics Roundup: Enrolling Women in Concussion Studies, China Tests CRISPR Gene-Editing in Humans, Contentious FDA Hearing on Off-Label Promotion, and Social Housing for Lab Mice

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2 Dec
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This week’s Research Ethics Roundup reviews researchers’ efforts to learn about how traumatic brain injury affects women’s brains, the first CRISPR gene-editing human subjects trial, why patient groups object to changing FDA rules on off-label promotion, and scientists’ arguments for why living conditions for lab mice need to change.

brainWanted: Women’s Brains — to Jump-Start Lagging Research on Female Concussions: In this STAT News article, Usha Lee McFarling examines new efforts to collect data on the effects of traumatic injury on women’s [...] Read more

11
Nov2016

Research Ethics Roundup: New Clinical Trial Transparency Tool, Returning Genetic Data, Genetically Modified Animals in Research, and Placebos as Treatment

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11 Nov
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This week’s Research Ethics Roundup examines the new online transparency tool from AllTrials, returning data to participants in genetic research, concerns about overuse of genetically modified animals, and the potential for placebos as treatments for non-urgent pain. Read more

28
Oct2016

Research Ethics Roundup: Genome-Wide Association Studies Raise Diversity Concerns , India’s New Clinical Trial Guidelines, the European Medicines Agency’s Transparency Push, and Primate Research in the United Kingdom

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28 Oct
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This week’s Research Ethics Roundup examines new findings on who benefits from genome-wide association studies, India’s new informed consent provisions, the European Union’s new clinical study report policy, and British researchers’ arguments for non-human primate research. Read more

30
Sep2016

Research Ethics Roundup: HHS Issues New Rules on ClinicalTrials.gov Reporting, Cancer Moonshot Advances, Researchers Discover Tissue from Nazi Experiments, and German Efforts to Improve the Perception of Animal Research

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30 Sep
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This week’s Research Ethics Roundup covers new ClinicalTrials.gov reporting requirements, the Cancer Moonshot panel’s recommendations, the Max Planck Institute’s sad discovery, and how European researchers are educating the public on nonhuman primate research. Read more